> It’s adding **up to £50 per bill** – a total of up to £1.4 billion to what law-abiding customers pay.
> There’s been a **55% rise in meter tampering** as thieves aim to avoid paying for their power supplies.
Shouldn’t energy companies monitor the power consumption and flag any premises where there is unexpected increase in the usage. Especially now that most of them have smart meters it shouldn’t be that difficult.
SpeedWobbles87 on
Maybe if our gas prices weren’t among the highest in the world this wouldn’t be happening 🤔
Lammtarra95 on
Funny thing is that just last week I heard a sparky reminiscing about his criminal past when he’d bypass a meter for £500. The details of drilling holes and pulling cables passed me by, although I remember he wore gloves to leave no fingerprints.
They will blame anyone for the high prices. This is a lie. Blame Putin, blame global prices, blame the poor. Do you honestly believe if this stopped tomorrow that bills would be lowered?
Ninjapharm on
How do they steal this gas and electricity?
Asking for a friend.
Quick-Albatross-9204 on
So I am curious when they catch someone and make them pay it back, peoples bills go down?
UCthrowaway78404 on
For soeone in the know. It’s stupidly easy to do. It’s just a matter of fitting bypass pipes around the meter.
Mammoth-Ad-562 on
Multiple things wrong with this article.
1. That figure at current prices, means there is 5.9 giga watts of electricity (using electricity as the calculator) being stolen, however there is no indication as to what they mean when they say ‘per bill’. Is it monthly bill, yearly? If it’s monthly then I would say that is a ridiculous figure, if it’s yearly then I would say that is more likely reliable but £50 a year isn’t exactly extortionate when you consider you’re paying 25p a day just to have a meter.
2. The notion that someone stealing from an energy supplier should mean that we all have to pay for their crime. This really annoys me. If there has been a criminal act of theft against these companies, why can’t they just get a crime number and claim on their insurance like the rest of us? Why have we accepted that commercially, we will all pay so businesses can recover cost? Imagine having your house burgled and telling your neighbours that they’ll all have to chip in to replace the stuff that has been stolen.
darkmatters2501 on
It’s nothing compared to how much the energy companies are ripping us off !
XenorVernix on
I do wonder just how much of my energy bill I’m paying for other people’s energy usage. There’s this £50 here, and then there’s the standing charge which has an element that covers unpaid bills and bailouts. It’s scaldalous. They can take my money for this without asking and yet if I were to take their service for free I’d be a criminal.
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> It’s adding **up to £50 per bill** – a total of up to £1.4 billion to what law-abiding customers pay.
> There’s been a **55% rise in meter tampering** as thieves aim to avoid paying for their power supplies.
Shouldn’t energy companies monitor the power consumption and flag any premises where there is unexpected increase in the usage. Especially now that most of them have smart meters it shouldn’t be that difficult.
Maybe if our gas prices weren’t among the highest in the world this wouldn’t be happening 🤔
Funny thing is that just last week I heard a sparky reminiscing about his criminal past when he’d bypass a meter for £500. The details of drilling holes and pulling cables passed me by, although I remember he wore gloves to leave no fingerprints.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5p-YQkbe_s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5p-YQkbe_s)
HELLO MR GAS MAN!
They will blame anyone for the high prices. This is a lie. Blame Putin, blame global prices, blame the poor. Do you honestly believe if this stopped tomorrow that bills would be lowered?
How do they steal this gas and electricity?
Asking for a friend.
So I am curious when they catch someone and make them pay it back, peoples bills go down?
For soeone in the know. It’s stupidly easy to do. It’s just a matter of fitting bypass pipes around the meter.
Multiple things wrong with this article.
1. That figure at current prices, means there is 5.9 giga watts of electricity (using electricity as the calculator) being stolen, however there is no indication as to what they mean when they say ‘per bill’. Is it monthly bill, yearly? If it’s monthly then I would say that is a ridiculous figure, if it’s yearly then I would say that is more likely reliable but £50 a year isn’t exactly extortionate when you consider you’re paying 25p a day just to have a meter.
2. The notion that someone stealing from an energy supplier should mean that we all have to pay for their crime. This really annoys me. If there has been a criminal act of theft against these companies, why can’t they just get a crime number and claim on their insurance like the rest of us? Why have we accepted that commercially, we will all pay so businesses can recover cost? Imagine having your house burgled and telling your neighbours that they’ll all have to chip in to replace the stuff that has been stolen.
It’s nothing compared to how much the energy companies are ripping us off !
I do wonder just how much of my energy bill I’m paying for other people’s energy usage. There’s this £50 here, and then there’s the standing charge which has an element that covers unpaid bills and bailouts. It’s scaldalous. They can take my money for this without asking and yet if I were to take their service for free I’d be a criminal.